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National Public Radio’s Morning Edition recently aired a story about a report published by the Chronicle of Philanthropy regarding the geography of charitable donations. Morning Edition looked at the data on a national level and found that lower-income Americans donate a larger percentage of their money than do the wealthy.

As the construction of the new town hall building comes to an end, the Board of Commissioners and Mint Hill residents want to know what will happen to the Christmas tree at the current town hall. The tree has been part of Mint Hill tradition for over 25 years.

Mint Hill Police were dispatched to the 6300 block of Lebanon Road at 2:47 this morning to find a man lying in the middle of the road. Medical personnel pronounced him deceased at approximately 2:57 am. It appeared that he had been struck by a vehicle, which had left the scene.

Seven schools in the Mint Hill area are nearly ready to open their doors for the first day of school in the 2012-2013 academic year. Some schools are seeing an increase in teachers, students, or construction, and each school will implement the newly adopted Common Core State Standards, as well as serve more nutritional lunches. […]